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	Admiral @ FbgArt.com (Fbg Art) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers.
		The word Admiral has today come to be almost exclusively associated with the highest naval rank in most of the world's navies, equivalent to the Army rank of (Full) General.
		Admiral of the Navy was only ever held by one U.S. officer, George Dewey.
	www.fbgart.com /encyclopedia/Admiral (708 words)

	Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In April of the same year he was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Blue, the ninth highest rank in the Royal Navy.
		In July he aided Admiral Ushakov with the reconquest of Naples and was made Duke of Bronte by the Neapolitan king.
		Nevertheless, this legend has given rise to the slang term "tapping the Admiral", meaning illicit drinking, and may be related to the nickname given to Naval rum rations later, "Nelson's Blood" (although this may possibly be a deliberate echo of the Communion ritual).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Horatio_Nelson (4321 words)

	Lord Horatio Nelson @ Nelson.y2u.co.uk
		In April of the same year he was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Blue, the tenth highest rank in the Royal Navy.
		In 1799, he was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Red, the seventh highest rank in the Royal Navy.
		Nevertheless, this legend has given rise to the slang term "tapping the Admiral", meaning illicit drinking, and may be related to the nickname given to Naval rum rations later, "Nelson's Blood", (although this is possibly a deliberate echo of the Communion ritual).
	nelson.y2u.co.uk (3664 words)

	SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SID... - Online Information article about SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SID... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)
		vice-admiral of the blue, and on the 18th of July 1812 was despatched as second in command under Sir See also:
		He was made K.C.B. in 1815 and in 1821 admiral.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SIV_SOU/SMITH_SIR_WILLIAM_SIDNEY_1764_1.html (1121 words)

	History of the Order
		The Order of Saint Joachim was also closely examined at the request of the British Crown before Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was allowed to accept the award of the Cross of a Knight Grand Commander.
		Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was wearing the breast cross of a Knight Grand Commander of The Order of Saint Joachim when he fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
		Philippe d’Auvergne cut a dashing figure in the time of the French Revolution as a spymaster and organiser of Royalist resistance in France from his base in the Island of Jersey, where he was Governor.
	www.stjoachimorder.org /history.htm (1333 words)

	William Bligh
		In 1797, he commanded HMS Director at the battle of Camperdown and as Captain of HMS Glatton in 1801 took part in the battle of Copenhagen, after which he was commended for his bravery by Admiral Nelson.
		On his release he returned to England where he was cleared of all blame and Major Johnson was tried at Chelsea Hospital in 1811 and cashiered.
		Bligh was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Blue and in 1814 became a Vice Admiral of the Blue.
	library.puc.edu /pitcairn/bounty/wmbligh.shtml (1224 words)

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		Kinney, Anders M. oseph Wheeler: Uniting the Blue and the Gray.
		Spector, Ronald, Admiral of the New Empire : the Life and Career of George Dewey.
		Young, Louis Stanley with Northrop, Henry Davenport, The Life of Admiral Dewey and the Conquest of the Philippines.
	www.spanamwar.com /biblio.htm (4914 words)

	Louisiana Historical Maps
		Bailey USA to extricate the heavy Ironclads and Transports of the Mississippi Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral D. Porter.
		Shows positions in color of Confederate and Union defenses in the Battle of Baton Rouge on August 5, 1862.
		From PLATE XXXV – map 4 of the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865.
	www.rootsweb.com /~usgenweb/maps/louisiana (1195 words)

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	www.gtcarterbooks.co.nz /Maritime/M_Fighting1.htm (306 words)

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